Allah's Apostle used to practice Itikaf in the middle ten days of
Ramadan and once he stayed in Itikaf till the night of the
twenty-first and it was the night in the morning of which he used to
come out of his Itikaf. The Prophet said, "Whoever was in Itikaf with
me should stay in Itikaf for the last ten days, for I was informed (of
the date) of the Night (of Qadr) but I have been caused to forget it.
(In the dream) I saw myself prostrating in mud and water in the
morning of that night. So, look for it in the last ten nights and in
the odd ones of them." It rained that night and the roof of the mosque
dribbled as it was made of leaf stalks of date-palms. I saw with my
own eyes the mark of mud and water on the forehead of the Prophet
(i.e. in the morning of the twenty-first).

(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle used to let his head in (the
house) while he was in the mosque and I would comb and oil his hair.
When in Itikaf he used not to enter the house except for a need.

Aisha said, "the Prophet used to practice Itikaf in the last ten days
of Ramadan and I used to pitch a tent for him, and after offering the
morning prayer, he used to enter the tent." Hafsa asked the permission
of 'Aisha to pitch a tent for her and she allowed her and she pitched
her tent. When Zainab bint Jahsh saw it, she pitched another tent. In
the morning the Prophet noticed the tents. He said, 'What is this?" He
was told of the whole situation. Then the Prophet said, "Do you think
that they intended to do righteousness by doing this?" He therefore
abandoned the Itikaf in that month and practiced Itikaf for ten days
in the month of Shawwal."

The Prophet intended to practice Itikaf and when he reached the place
where he intended to perform Itikaf, he saw some tents, the tents of
'Aisha, Hafsa and Zainab. So, he said, "Do you consider that they
intended to do righteousness by doing this?" And then he went away and
did not perform Itikaf (in Ramadan) but performed it in the month of
Shawwal for ten days.

Safiya, the wife of the Prophet told me that she went to Allah's
Apostle to visit him in the mosque while he was in Itikaf in the last
ten days of Ramadan. She had a talk with him for a while, then she got
up in order to return home. The Prophet accompanied her. When they
reached the gate of the mosque, opposite the door of Um-Salama, two
Ansari men were passing by and they greeted Allah's Apostle . He told
them: Do not run away! And said, "She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai."
Both of them said, "Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of any evil) O
Allah's Apostle!" And they felt it. The Prophet said (to them), "Satan
reaches everywhere in the human body as blood reaches in it,
(everywhere in one's body). I was afraid lest Satan might insert an
evil thought in your minds."

I asked Abu Said Al-Khudri, "Did you hear Allah's Apostle talking
about the Night of Qadr?" He replied in the affirmative and said,
"Once we were in Itikaf with Allah's Apostle in the middle ten days of
(Ramadan) and we came out of it in the morning of the twentieth, and
Allah's Apostle- delivered a sermon on the 20th (of Ramadan) and said,
'I was informed (of the date) of the Night of Qadr (in my dream) but
had forgotten it. So, look for it in the odd nights of the last ten
nights of the month of Ramadan. I saw myself prostrating in mud and
water on that night (as a sign of the Night of Qadr). So, whoever had
been in Itikaf with Allah's Apostle should return for it.' The people
returned to the mosque (for Itikaf). There was no trace of clouds in
the sky. But all of a sudden a cloud came and it rained. Then the
prayer was established (they stood for the prayer) and Allah's Apostle
prostrated in mud and water and I saw mud over the forehead and the
nose of the Prophet.

One of the wives of Allah's Apostle practiced Itikaf with him while
she ad bleeding in between her periods and she would see red (blood)
or yellowish traces, and sometimes we put a tray beneath her when she
offered the prayer.

The wives of the Prophet were with him in the mosque (while he was in
Itikaf) and then they departed and the Prophet said to Safiya bint
Huyai, "Don't hurry up, for I shall accompany you," (and her dwelling
was in the house of Usama). The Prophet went out and in the meantime
two Ansari men met him and they looked at the Prophet and passed by.
The Prophet said to them, "Come here. She is (my wife) Safiya bint
Huyai." They replied, "Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of evil) O
Allah's Apostle! (we never expect anything bad from you)." The Prophet
replied, "Satan circulates in the human being as blood circulates in
the body, and I was afraid lest Satan might insert an evil thought in
your minds."

Safiya went to the Prophet while he was in Itikaf. When she returned,
the Prophet accompanied her walking. An Ansari man saw him. When the
Prophet noticed him, he called him and said, "Come here. She is
Safiya. (Sufyan a sub-narrator perhaps said that the Prophet had said,
"This is Safiya"). And Satan circulates in the body of Adam's
offspring as his blood circulates in it."

We practiced Itikaf with Allah's Apostle in the middle ten days (of
Ramadan). In the morning of the twentieth (of Ramadan) we shifted our
baggage, but Allah's Apostle came to us and said, "Whoever was m
Itikaf should return to his place of Itikaf, for I saw (i.e. was
informed about the date of) this Night (of Qadr) and saw myself
prostrating in mud and water." When I returned to my place the sky was
overcast with clouds and it rained. By Him Who sent Muhammad with the
Truth, the sky was covered with clouds from the end of that day, and
the mosque which was roofed with leaf-stalks of date palm trees
(leaked with rain) and I saw the trace of mud and water over the nose
of the Prophet and its tip.

Allah's Apostle used to practice Itikaf every year in the month of
Ramadan. And after offering the morning prayer, he used to enter the
place of his Itikaf. 'Aisha asked his permission to let her practice
Itikaf and he allowed her, and so she pitched a tent in the mosque.
When Hafsa heard of that, she also pitched a tent (for herself), and
when Zainab heard of that, she too pitched another tent. When, in the
morning, Allah's Apostle had finished the morning prayer, he saw four
tents and asked, "What is this?" He was informed about it. He then
said, "What made them do this? Is it righteousness? Remove the tents,
for I do not want to see them." So, the tents were removed. The
Prophet did not perform Itikaf that year in the month of Ramadan, but
did it in the last ten days of Shawwal.

'Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "O Allah's Apostle! I vowed in the
Pre-lslamic period to perform Itikaf in Al-Masjid-al-Haram for one
night." The Prophet said, "Fulfill your vow." So, he performed Itikaf
for one night.

that 'Umar had vowed in the Pre-lslamic period to perform Itikaf in
Al-Masjid-al-Haram. (A sub-narrator thinks that 'Umar vowed to perform
Itikaf for one night.) Allah's Apostle said to 'Umar, "Fulfill your
vow."

Narrated 'Amra bint 'AbdurRahman from 'Aisha: Allah's Apostle
mentioned that he would practice Itikaf in the last ten days of
Ramadan. 'Aisha asked his permission to perform Itikaf and he
permitted her. Hafsa asked 'Aisha to take his permission for